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Teen Mom Maci Bookout Tweets Offensive Photo of Her Son

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by Corrina Jean on July 16, 2012

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Corrina Jean is the mother of three-year-old Ledger, a rambunctious boy. When she isn't busy chasing after her son, she enjoys antiquing, writing, and catching up on all things Hollywood. A recent grauate of Liberty University, she has been freelance writing for four years with her work appearing on Examiner.com and Gather.

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Maci Bookout of Teen Mom fame recently tweeted a photo (since removed) of her son, Bentley, doing his business in a bush with the sarcastic caption, "classy." The young boy was nearly hidden by a trash can, but his bare butt was visible. Luckily, Maci had the decency to blur out the boy's bottom as not to offend anyone, but it turns out a lot of people took offense all the same! Not only did some Facebook fan pages face backlash for posting the photo, but when the image was still up, the social networking site warned that the photo may contain "sensitive content," before showing it.

Really? All of this over a simple photo?!

I understand that, in today's world, you have to be careful of what you share online. In fact, I don't even share photos of my son online, and the photos I have are of him completely clothed! However, I am not in the spotlight and choosing not to share photos of my son with mostly complete strangers is my prerogative.

But Bookout is more than just a regular teen mom; in fact, she has over 760,000 Twitter followers with whom she shared the photo with. Not only that, but she graces people's television screens every Tuesday night and nearly everything that she and her son do is reported. If Bookout felt that the photo was okay to share with her fans, then they should accept her choice.

Personally, I don't think I could ever post a photo like this of my son online, even if it was blurred out. Like I mentioned, I am too paranoid to post a regular picture online, so this would be even harder for me. But while I understand where those who were offended are coming from and respect their thoughts, I do feel that they may have overreacted just slightly.

What do you think about Maci Bookout's photo fiasco? Would you post a similar photo of your child online? Tell us below in the comments section!

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